Newsletter: Friday, October 5, 2012

NEW PREMIUM CONTENT
Playoff Prospectus
National League Wild Card Game
by R.J. Anderson
The Cardinals play the Braves in Atlanta for a spot in the Division Series
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18553
Raising Aces
For Those About to Watch (We Salute You)
by Doug Thorburn
One pitcher per playoff team who makes a convincing case in favor of watching
every pitch of post-season baseball.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18558
Pebble Hunting
Miguel Cabrera's Retroactive Triple Crowns
by Sam Miller
We went 44 seasons without a Triple Crown. In how many of those seasons would
Cabrera's 2012 have been good enough to win?
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18546
Overthinking It
Baltimore's Best Bet to Beat Texas
by Ben Lindbergh
If the Orioles want to extend their surprise season beyond the wild-card game,
they should make the most of what got them there.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18548
Ask the Industry
Mike Trout vs. Miguel Cabrera
by Jason Parks
What do MLB front office types think of the Trout-or-Cabrera MVP debate?
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18543
Prospect Profile
International Focus
by Hudson Belinsky
The Twins have signed a few players from unlikely countries recently. Is this
a new direction, and is it going to pay off?
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18544
NEW BASIC CONTENT
Playoff Prospectus
American League Wild Card Game
by Derek Carty
The Orioles and Rangers, two of the least-likely teams to be playing in a
wild-card game, are set to fight for their playoff lives.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18547
Advance Scout
The Difficulty of Scouting Yu Darvish
by Dan Brooks
Even if you figure out what Darvish has done, you might not know what he's
about to do.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18557
BP Unfiltered
Grant Balfour's Fab Five
by Daniel Rathman
Grant Balfour became the first pitcher ever to throw a perfect inning on five
consecutive days.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18555
The BP Wayback Machine
Who Can Say No to Twins?
by Joe Sheehan
A look back at baseball's most recent single-elimination game.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18549
Daily Hit List
Thursday, October 4
by Matthew Kory
...to the ennnnnnnd of the road, still I caaaaannn't let go.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18545
BP Announcements
Diamond Dollars Baseball Case Competition
by Joe Hamrahi
Diamond Dollars Baseball Case Competition at NYU
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18551
PODCASTS
EFFECTIVELY WILD, THE DAILY BP PODCAST - EPISODE 57: TEAMS THAT WILL WIN A
WORLD SERIES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS; BEAT WRITERS; THE O'S START JOE SAUNDERS
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/a/18556
BP FANTASY PODCAST EPISODE 19: AN EIGHT BALL AND A LADY OF THE NIGHT
Jason and Paul discuss closer targets for the 2013 season and welcome Jason
Parks to the show.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18354
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BASEBALL PROSPECTUS PLAYOFF ODDS NOW ON MLB.COM
The playoff odds published by Baseball Prospectus will now also be found on
Major League Baseball's official website. We hope you'll utilize them to gauge
your team's chances as the season winds down. To see the new tab on MLB.com's
standings page, click "Postseason Probabilities" from that page. You can also
find the odds directly by following the link below.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/probability.jsp
The announcement from Ben Lindbergh can be found here:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=18458
BASEBALL PROSPECTUS 2012 APP NOW AVAILABLE
At long last, the Baseball Prospectus 2012 annual app is now available for the
iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Follow your favorite MLB teams and players
throughout the season with Baseball Prospectus analysis that includes team
overviews, player assessments, detailed stats, and 2012 projections for over
2000 players. All of that and more for just $4.99 if you purchase it in the
next two weeks. For more information and to access the download page, click
the link below.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16776
BROOKS BASEBALL AT BP
The outstanding PITCHf/x work of Dan Brooks, Harry Pavlidis, and co. is now
available through BP. For more details on the integration of Brooks Baseball,
see the post by Joe Hamrahi linked below:
bbp.cx/a/17621
SUBMIT A QUESTION TO THE RESEARCH MAILBAG
Got a burning baseball question you want answered? Submit it via email to
Bradley Ankrom (bankrom@baseballprospectus.com) and we'll do our best to find
the answer. Our research staff will select its favorite questions from the
batch and feature them in the mailbag the following week.
PLAYOFF ODDS AVAILABLE DAILY
The season is underway, and our playoff odds report is now updated to account
for the double wild card. Check it out here:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/odds/
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